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- Addresses the need for a very pragmatic approach to deploying stateof-the-art optical networking equipment in metro and backbone networks through an architectural, algorithmic, and economic approach to optical networking
- Focuses on real-world networks because it is written from the perspective of someone who has extensive experience with commercial state-of-the-art networking technology
- Provides readily implementable methodologies for designing efficient optical networks
- Takes a pragmatic approach that makes it suitable for someone new to the optical networking field, as well as to professionals looking to directly apply the design and planning strategies
- Discusses optical networking equipment including a historical perspective along with the architectural implications of equipment evolution
- Emphasizes network cost, with a full chapter on economic studies
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Optical Networks (OPNW)
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Telecommunications carriers have begun to upgrade their networks with state-of-the-art optical equipment, referred to as optical-bypass technology. The ramifications of this technology are manifold, affecting the architecture, operation, and economics of the network, all of which are covered in this book. The book is oriented towards practical implementation in metro and backbone networks, taking advantage of the author’s extensive experience with actual commercial equipment and carrier networks.
The book starts with an overview of optical networking, including an introduction to state-of-the-art optical networks. The second chapter covers legacy optical equipment and the new optical-bypass technology, with an emphasis on the architectural impact of the equipment. For example, the discussion covers how the various types of equipment affect the economics and flexibility of the network.
One of the challenges of optical-bypass technology is that it requires sophisticated algorithms in order to operate the network efficiently. Chapters three, four, and five describe such algorithms, where the focus is on techniques that have been proven to produce efficient results in realistic carrier networks. The design and planning strategies described in these chapters are readily implementable. All of the algorithms presented scale well with network size so that they are suitable for real-time design.
Chapters six and seven focus on two important aspects of optical networks, namely efficient bundling of the traffic and protection of the traffic. Rather than cover every aspect of these two subjects, the book focuses on how best to perform bundling and protection in the presence of optical-bypass technology. Again, the emphasis is on techniques that have proven effective in real network environments.
The final chapter explores the economics of optical networking. Several studies are presented that offer guidelines as to when and howoptical-bypass technology should be deployed.
The code for some of the routing algorithms is provided in the appendix, which adds to the utility of the book.
Reviews
From the reviews:
"This is … nicely written tutorial book devoted to optical networking. … I recommend it to specialists working in companies planning to switch to full optical networks, but not having much experience in it. Also, graduate students will benefit from using it as an introductory book in the field." (Piotr Cholda, ACM Computing Reviews, April, 2009)
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Optical Network Design and Planning
Authors: Jane M. Simmons
Series Title: Optical Networks
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-76476-4
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag US 2008
Series ISSN: 1935-3839
Series E-ISSN: 1935-3847
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 316
Number of Illustrations: 85 b/w illustrations
Topics: Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering, Communications Engineering, Networks, Computer Communication Networks, Signal, Image and Speech Processing